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It appears that Newham residents could soon be losing their community tickets for the London Stadium including West Ham matches. Under the terms of the concessionaire agreement, Newham council were entitled to up to 100,000 tickets per year as part owners of the former Olympic Stadium. Newham dissolved their stadium ownership partnership with E20 Stadium on 1st […]

West Ham United’s annual Family Fun Day took place at their home of the London Stadium on Tuesday, following last Saturday’s crucial Premier League victory over Southampton . The whole of the mens’ and ladies’ first-teams squads were present along with manager David Moyes, who led an open training session with his side in front of 5,000 spectators on the hallowed turf of the former Olympic Stadium. The Ladies’ side, who take on Charlton Athletic this evening…

The board brought Saturday’s crowd trouble upon itself by refusing to acknowledge the stadium and team are substandard, says season-ticket holder Jim Kearns The question to ask about West Ham is not “How have things got this bad”, but instead “How were they ever that good”? Saturday was the inevitable corollary of having a board of directors who speak with grandiloquence about the Champions League and then behave as though they…

West Ham United want to sign at least one striker this summer and have been consistently linked with a move for Jermain Defoe. Sunderland have been relegated despite Defoe’s haul of 15 league goals this season and a clause in his contract would allow him to leave the Stadium of Light for free rather than […]

According to reports in the French media, West Ham United and Crystal Palace are going head to head in the battle for Lamine Kone. With Sunderland relegated to the Sky Bet Championship, Lamine Kone’s exit from the Stadium of Light is widely expected. French media outlet Foot Mercato are reporting that Crystal Palace and West Ham […]

• Club to widen segregation line between home and away supporters • Stewards will carry hand-held video cameras inside the stadium West Ham have drawn up an action plan to prevent further crowd trouble following the violent clashes during Wednesday’s EFL Cup tie against Chelsea. The club have vowed to increase the distance between home and away supporters, widening the line of segregation on both sides of the lower tier from where the away fans …

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic speaks to the media following his team’s 4-2 defeat by Watford at home on Saturday. Bilic says he was not aware of the fights which broke out among supporters in the stadium following the match and so cannot comment on the crowd trouble, but he expresses disappointment at his team’s performance during the game West Ham warn brawling fans at Watford match to expect lifetime bans Watford in stunning comeback as…

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic speaks on Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s second leg match against Domzale as part of the third qualifying round for the UEFA Europa league. The game will be the first played in the former London 2012 Olympic ground which is now home to West Ham. The ground will have a capacity of 60,000 people and season tickets for the stadium have sold out Continue reading…

• Balfour Beatty win £154m contract to make venue multipurpose • Concerns grow over the role of West Ham in long-term plans The cost of the Olympic Stadium has risen to more than £580m, most of it met by taxpayers, with the news that Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £154m contract to transform the venue into one suitable for football and athletics. The appointment of a contractor to oversee the transformation of the temporary 80,000 seat structure into one with a cantilevered roof, permanent …

• Leyton Orient continue to lobby for groundshare • Floodlights will make way for cantilevered roof The door has been left open for Leyton Orient to share the Olympic Stadium with West Ham United on an occasional basis, as work begins on adding an 84-metre roof as part of a £160m conversion project. The West Ham vice‑chair Karren Brady, who led the club’s bid to win tenancy and move in time for the 2016…